Spinners shine as Indian women’s cricket team beat West Indies by 6 wickets

Rajeswari was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4/21 while Ekta Bist chipped in with 3/14 in 8 overs.

Mithali Raj’s patient 46 off 91 balls enabled the home team to chase down the target in 39.1 overs. (Source: PTI)

Indian women’s cricket team on Thursday powered to an easy six wicket victory over West Indies in the opening ODI of the three-match series riding on good show from the spin twins Rajeswari Gayakwad and Ekta Bist put up an impressive show.

The left-arm spin duo snared 7 out of the 10 wickets to skittle out West Indies for 131 in 42.4 overs as they recorded their career bst figures.

Rajeswari was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4/21 while Ekta Bist chipped in with 3/14 in 8 overs.

In reply, India were struggling at 36 for four before Veda Krishnamurthy’s unbeaten 52 off 70 balls along with veteran batswoman Mithali Raj’s patient 46 off 91 balls enabled the home team to chase down the target in 39.1 overs.

The duo added 97 runs for the 5th wicket. While Mithali hit six boundaries, Veda’s innings had four hits to the fence with two maximums.